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soundanalogous committed Dec 21, 2014
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###Mac OSX:

The Firmata library is contained within the Arduino package.

1. Navigate to the Arduino application
2. Right click on the application icon and select `Show Package Contents`
3. Navigate to: `/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/` and replace the existing
`Firmata` folder with latest Firmata release (note there is a different download
`Firmata` folder with latest [Firmata release](https://github.com/firmata/arduino/releases) (note there is a different download
for Arduino 1.0.x vs 1.5.x)
4. Restart the Arduino application and the latest version of Firmata will be available.

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###Windows:

Update the path and arduino version as necessary
1. Navigate to `c:/Program\ Files/arduino-1.x/libraries/` and replace the existing
`Firmata` folder with the latest Firmata release (note there is a different download
`Firmata` folder with the latest [Firmata release](https://github.com/firmata/arduino/releases) (note there is a different download
for Arduino 1.0.x vs 1.5.x).
2. Restart the Arduino application and the latest version of Firmata will be available.

*Update the path and arduino version as necessary*

###Linux:

Update the path and arduino version as necessary
1. Navigate to `~/arduino-1.x/libraries/` and replace the existing
`Firmata` folder with the latest Firmata release (note there is a different download
`Firmata` folder with the latest [Firmata release](https://github.com/firmata/arduino/releases) (note there is a different download
for Arduino 1.0.x vs 1.5.x).
2. Restart the Arduino application and the latest version of Firmata will be available.

*Update the path and arduino version as necessary*

###Using the Source code rather than release archive

Clone this repo directly into the core Arduino libraries directory. If you are using
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You will first need to remove the existing Firmata library, then clone firmata/arduino
into an empty Firmata directory:

Update paths if you're using Windows or Linux
```bash
$ rm -r /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/Firmata
$ git clone [email protected]:firmata/arduino.git /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/Firmata
```

*Update paths if you're using Windows or Linux*

To generate properly formatted versions of Firmata (for Arduino 1.0.x and Arduino 1.5.x), run the
`release.sh` script.

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